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Diet and Nutrition
Mothers misunderstand questions on feeding questionnaire
September 5th, 2004
Mothers misunderstand questions on a feeding questionnaire. According to published research from the United States, "Feeding questionnaires have not consistently identified mothers' beliefs or behaviors associated with preschool children becoming overweight. One reason may be that mothers do not understand the constructs in the questions in the way intended by the developers of the questionnaire. This study assessed items on the Preschooler Feeding Questionnaire (PFQ)-a maternal questionnaire about feeding practices and beliefs relating to the weight status of preschoolers." "Seven audio-taped interviews were conducted with African American mothers...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-09-05)
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